Mine detail: Purisima Concepcion

Previously called 'Purisima Concepcion Oeste'

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Location

Lat / long:

-12.31452, -75.73304

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Altaite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sericite, Sphene, Zircon
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tumasha Formation
Host type:	Slate,Limestone
Associated rock:	Yauricocha Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Anticline Plunging 50se, Slate Bed Forms Core And Is Locally Sheared And Crushed.

References

MRDS	TC40302
DEP	10065203
Reference	{Deposit:: ALVAREZ,A.A., AND NOBLE, D.C., 1988, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS HOSTED PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION AT PURISIMA CONCEPCION, YAURUCOCHA DISTRICT, CENTRAL PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1368-1378.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: ALVAREZ AND NOBLE (1988).}
Reporter	Page, Norman J.